Nottingham Research Leaders Program: Sometimes good things just happen

As part of the Nottingham Research Leaders Program (NRLP), we paid a visit to the Ministry of Education (MoE). This was a follow up to the MoE recently visiting the University of Nottingham, UK and meeting with the Vice Chancellor. Professor Sir David Greenaway explained NRLP, which led to the NRLP delegation being invited to …

Invitation to apply for participating in the UK Newton Workshop

by Prof Denny Ng Centre of Hydrogen Energy (IFE), Universiti Teknologi Malaysia together with Centre for Environmental Strategy (CES), University of Surrey, UK and Centre of Sustainable Palm Oil Research (CESPOR), The University of Nottingham Malaysia Campus (UNMC) have successfully secured the grant for the UK-Malaysiaworkshop, funded by British Council (in partnership with Academy of Sciences Malaysia) …

UNMC invited to NASA-organised 7-SEAS Workshop 2014

This post was contributed by Andy Chan The Seven-Southeast Asian Studies Mission (7-SEAS) is a multi-national project established to conduct interdisciplinary research in the field of aerosol-meteorology and climate interaction in Southeast Asia. Countries with participating scientists include Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Taiwan, Vietnam, and the USA. The main organisers are the National Aeronautics …

EURAXESS Science Slam

The EURAXESS Science Slam is a global event that takes place around the same time (October/November) in 6 EURAXESS Links locations around the world – ASEAN, Brazil, China, India, Japan and North America. The 6 winners will travel to Europe to participate in a science communication workshop and to network with experts from their respective …

FRGS Research Proposal Training

Over the past year or so, the Research Suport Office has held a number of training events to enable researchers to learn how to write research proosals, develop networks, be open to a peer review process etc. Hopefully, this has led, along with the fantastic work being done in the faculties, in improving our success …

Proposal Writing Workshop (12th June 2014)

On the 12th June 2014, the Research Support Office (RSO), along with the Research Training and Academic Developmnt unit (RTAD) held a proposal writing workshop. The aim of these workshops (and this is the latest in a series) is to encourage people to write (and, importantly, submit) proposals. It also gives researchers the opportunity to …

Human Life Advancement Workshop: Presentation by Dr Angelina Yee

Dr Angelina Yee presented a talk at the HLAF Annual Award and Workshop on 9 June 2014. The workshop is organised by Human Life Advancement Foundation, with the theme being Technology Transfer Experience: Success and Failure. The workshop was held in PWTC Kuala Lumpur. Angelina received a token of appreciation from Tun Mahathir Mohamed, the …

Grant Writing Workshop (12th June 2014, KLTC)

The Research Support Office (RSO) and Research Training and Academic Services (RTAD) are organising a grant writing workshop on the 12th June 2014, 10am to 5pm at KLTC. This workshop follows a series of other successful workshops, which have been aimed at developing research proposals in a supportive, collaborative environment. The workshop will be supported …

IEEE Workshop on Geoscience and Remote Sensing 2013

This post was contributed by Tuong-Thuy Vu IEEE Workshop on Geoscience and Remote Sensing 2013 was held at Multimedia University (MMU), Melaka campus. This was the first annual workshop organised by the IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Malaysia chapter (GRSS). This workshop aimed to provide a forum for GRSS members, researchers and students to share …

UPM/UNMC hold first workshop for their dual PhD programme

In May 2013 UNMC (University of Nottingham Malaysia Campus) signed an MOA (Memorandum of Agreement) with UPM (Universiti Putra Malaysia) for a Dual PhD programme.. The MOA is a development of the Malaysian Nottingham Doctoral Programme (MNDP) which enabled Malaysian academics to do their PhD at the University of Nottingham. The requirements for Malaysia have …